Bale tie



June 18, 1935. A. v. ROWE 2,005,472

BALE TIE Filed March 21, 1954 II\IYEI\ITCJR- Patented June 18, 1935 UNI-TED STTES rm EFICE 12 Claims.

This nvention relates to bale ties.

One of the objeots of the inventon is in the provsion of a speoally formed loop for a, ba,le tie, whereby the loop is enlarged either by fo1d- 5 ing the wre upon tself, using dual strands of wre, or by provdng a seat member Wth the result thai; an enlarged. grippng surface of a, frictional nature s provided for the te end of the wre.

Another objeot of the invention s in the provison of a, speca.lly formed loop or leale ties which acts in a, manner to frotionally grip the te end of the wire whoh s passedtherethrough.

Stll another object s in the provision of a specially formed. expanded frictonal seat formed in the loop of a. bale te, whereby the 'oie end of the wire may be seated thereon end frotonally grpped in such manner that the operator lnas merely the neoessty of folding the free end of the wre in a, single turn in finally seourng the wireto the loop.

Other objects will appear in the followng specficaton taken in connecton Wth the annexed drawing in which Fig. 1 s a. plan view of the nvention;

Fig. 2 is a sde elevation thereof;

Fig. 3 is an end. elevatonal vew;

Fgs. 4 and 5 are plan ancl sectonal views respectvely of the ba,le te showng the shape whch it assumes under stress in its assembled arrangoment.

Fig. 6 is a view showng a modficaton of the idea, in which a, sheet metal seat is nsertecl.

Before referrng specfieally to the drawng, t mght be stated that one of the main objectons to the old and well known bale tie s the slppage of the e end of the wire through the loop when secured thereto. 'Ihs slippage of the vvre chafes the wire ancl thus reduces the gauge and of course the strength thereof.

Applicant has providecl a specially formed ba1e tie whoh may be consoruoted of lghter gauge wire but whch has a. frictonal grppng surface in the loop of an expanoled nature Whch obsolutely prevente dsadvantageous slppa.ge of the wre therethrough.

In the va,rous figures of the drawing, the main wire body porton of the wre is 1*eferred to as Ml. The loop Il is formed by oldng the wire upon tself in a straight lime end thereafter welding the end to the man body porton, as shown at [2. The attachment end of the loop s formed by foldng the wire upon tself in the manner shown in the varous figures and specfically referred ho in the drawng es 13. These loops may be further secured by means of a welclng operaton, ndcated et M end l5.

The' Wre recvng portico 55 is fashoned to Ieceve the free or tie end of the leale tie Il, t beng obvious from a consderation of Fig. 5 of the drawing that a consderable portion of the Wre, namely, thai: portico 98 in the drawing, s held in a frctional manner in the portion Io of the loop.

As may be olea-rly seen, the wre s gripped friatonally on ether side by the expanded wire portions 83. By ths manner of oonnection a. sufficient porton of the wre s aotually gripped in the loop that there s absolutely no slppage of the wre and therefore no chafing. As a matter of aot when the loop oollapses, the expanded te wlre reeevng portions aot a.s le'vers to clamp the wre thereloetween, Wbioh prevents slippage of the stra,ght end of the wre therethrough.

As prevously explaned, ths permits a lighter gauge wre to be used wth eonsequent savng in weght end expense. Again, ii; Will be noted that the free end la of the wre s so satisfactorily gripped. in.the loop tl1at' the operator has merely to make a very slgbt.twist 29 of the Wre about the te end l! to effect the final securement 01" the wir"e te about the bale.

A modficaton of applcants grppng meehansm is shown in Fig. 3 in which a. loop 2! of wire of small gauge is used, the same being welded to the man body portion in the manner previously described. Secured in the receivng portion of the loop s a. seat member 22 or" an expanded nature. 'Ihs design shows a bale te that may be produced ai: possibly somewhat less cost bui; one Whoh stili has the advantages inherent in the other type shown in the other figures of the drawng.

In this nstance, the vvire of oourse s drawn through'the frcton seat in the exact manner before descrbed, and is twisted back upon itself With a single twist. In exactly the same manner, when a strain s placed upon the te, the seat frictonally grasps a considerable portion of the wre, as indoated in the other figures and. Wth exaotly the same advancages.

What I claim is:

1; A bale te havmg a loop, end a stragho W1e portion conneoted therewth, said. loop beng fashoned wth 211 expanded te wire receiving seat eomprising a loop section ha.ving lateral portions thereon secured togethr as a unit to form a. reinforced loop section which operates to grp the wire uncler stress in a rctonal manner and sad. main length, the surfaces preveht slppage wth consequent cha.fing of the Wire.

2. A bale tie ha.vng a fixed loop, a straght Wire portion, sacl loop being fashioneol With an auxiliary expancleol seat portion which operates to grip the tying end of the straight therethrough.

3. A bale te having a loop and a straight Wire portion, said loop beng fashoned With an expanded seat portico comprsng a loop sect-on havng lateral portons thereon secured together es a. unt to form a reinforced seat porton operatng to grp the wre under stress in a friatonal manner end prevent slippage of the tying end of the straght wre therethrough.

4. A bale te havng a. loop end a straght Wire portion, sad loop he.ving a unitary, f1xed te wire recevng porton whch operates to grip the wire uncler stress in a frietonal manner end prevent slippage of the tying end of the straight wre therethrough, seid grpping portions of the stock being greater in cross section than the remainng portons of the loop stock.

' 5. A leale tie ncluding a main length of te W1're, end. a. pluralty of relatively fixed. superimposed. beni: sections at one extremity thereof providing a. loop f or recevng the tyng end of of said fixed sections cooperetng to frctionally grp said. tying end in a manner to prevent slppage thereof.

6. A leale tie ncluding a main length of tie wire, end a. plurality of supermposed beni: sectons at one extremty thereof secured. together to prevent relative movement therebetween providng a loop for receivng the tyng end of sad n1en length, the surfaoes of S2.ld fxed folds cooperating to frictionally grip said tyng end in a manner to prevent slippage thereof, sald folds beng welcled together whereby toprevent relative movement of the folds when the tying wire 1's tightened therein;

7. A ba.le tie incluclng a, ma1'n length of tie wre, end. a pluralty of superimposed beni; sec tions et one extremity thereof having ther engaging surfa,cessecured together providng a, loop having a restrcted end enlarged area for receving the tyng end of sad man length, the surfaces of sad fixed folds cooperatng to friatonally grp sa1'd tying end in amanner to prevent slippage thereof.

8. A bale te ncluoling a, main length of wire, Wi1e receiving means at one extremty 7thereof havng on opening end including wall sectons s1lrrounding the openng thereof for receiving the opposite extremty of the wre, sad wire receiving.

means havng a .wall section spacec from the main length of Wre of greater cross-sectional area than the wall secton of the recevng means mmediately adjacent the man length of wre.

9; A bale tie including a. man length of wire Wire under stress in a. frictional manner to prevent slippage havng a free end, wire receving means at one extremty thereof havng an opening and including vvall sectons surrounding the opening thereof for receivng the opposte extremity of the Wre, said. wire receving means havng a wa.ll seoton spacecl from the main length of wire of greater cxoss-sectonal area, than the wall section of the receiving means immediately adjacent the main length of. wire, end presentng a crotchlike structure for fr1ctonally r ppng the free end of a main leneth of Wire.

'19. A bale tie inoludng a inain length of wre having a free extremty, a loop formed al: the

opposte extremty thereof, the end of the loop wire being secured fio saiol main length of wire, said loop ,at its outer extremty beng reinforced to provide a greater cross-sectonal stock area than the remaining porton of the loop stock, said loop beng constructed end arranged for the receplion of the free end of sad main length of wire, whereby to permit sad free end to yield and.seat itself aganst sad renf-orcecl por;on of the loop, sad reinforced porton havng -e wire recevlng contour presentng increased contactual surface area, to facilitata frictional .resstance between sad reinforcecl porton and the free end of the main length of wre when the baletle is under tension.

11. A bale te including a main length of wlre heving a free extremity a loop formed at the opposite extremity thereof, the end of the loop Wlre beng secureol to said main length of-wire, sad loop at ts outer extremity loeng renforced to provide a greater oross-sectional stock area than the remaining porton of the loop stock, said. loop beng constructed end. arrangecl for the reception of the free end of sad main length -of wre, wh-ereloy to permt said free end to yield end seat itself againstsad reinforced. portion of the loop, sad renforced portion presenting a crotch-like constructoh presenting increased contactualsurface area to facilitato frictional resistance between sa.id renforced por-ton and the free end of the main length of wire when the bale sie is under tenson.

12. A wre bale tie ncluding a length of wre having a free extremitzyancl a tie loop provded at the opposite extremity thereof, sad loop includng wall sections embracng an openng of restricted sze-and a communicating openng of larger size, for receiving the free end of sad main length of wire, the wall section in che vcini;y of sad restricted opening being of greater crosssection than remaining wall sections of the loop, end adapteol when the free end 01 the wire s seated theren and a pullng forse is exerted upon the wire, 130 frictonally grp said free end to prevent slippage thereof through said restn'cted openng.

ALVIN V. ROWE. 

